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OP-ED: During National Volunteer Week—Why Michigan Needs AmeriCorps

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 25, 2017 0

by Robert Kolt, Rep. Julie Calley (R-Portland), Rep. Sam Singh (D-East Lansing) Most people recognize the Peace Corps, a great American service program to help meet social and economic challenges internationally. AmeriCorps is the…

The Parent Trap: It’s Time Every Kid Made Time to Volunteer. Really.

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 24, 2011 1

I have written about our kids being entitled, (March 20), enabled (March 27), having poor manners (March 6). Every day I am reminded how easy our kids have it, how much is given to them, and how little we ask in return. There is a way to…